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Does the PS3 SUCK ?
RandyT:
I dislike it because it killed HD-DVD (no, I didn't own a player......)
Movie studios gear up to support the format with the most players in the field. So by virtue of the slow HD movie player sales in general, and the fact that the PS3 also plays HD movies, movie producers dumped the more consumer friendly HD-DVD format for the one more likely to make them money (Blu-Ray).
The games seem ok. But nothing I would consider dropping $500 to be able to play.
shmokes:
Speaking of $500, it's only $400 now. And you can get a $100 gift card when you buy it from Wal-Mart which, in a way, makes it kind of like $300. You can also apparently use this to bring the Metal Gear Solid bundle (80GB PS3 with MGS 4 and a dualshock controller) from $500 to $400. Of course, you might say that it's not the same as taking $100 off the price, which is true. But if you were going to buy $100 worth of groceries anyway, and you were, and you use the gift card to buy $100 worth of groceries, you've done it. So, in other words, it's kind of up to you whether you use this as a discount or an excuse to buy more games. Either way, though, it's a pretty hot deal.
edit: It's an online gift card, so no groceries.
Havok:
The PS3 sucks. Sony sucks. Do you want to support a company that has no problem with installing rootkits on your computer?
Plus, the Xbox arcade system is $279:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360arcadesystem
And it includes Pacman!
Also, I really like the media extender option, if you are running Windows Media Center...
patrickl:
--- Quote from: Havok on May 31, 2008, 01:28:49 am ---Sony sucks. Do you want to support a company that has no problem with installing rootkits on your computer?
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Pffft, so you are saying MS has a squeeky clean record? They have been handed huge fines for their unfair practices.
BTW using Windows Media Center is hardly a selling point for The Xbox. It's a kludge. It was actually one of the reasons for me NOT to get an Xbox. The PS3 plays files straight off my file server.
RandyT:
--- Quote from: shmokes on May 30, 2008, 11:49:18 pm ---Speaking of $500, it's only $400 now. And you can get a $100 gift card when you buy it from Wal-Mart which, in a way, makes it kind of like $300. You can also apparently use this to bring the Metal Gear Solid bundle (80GB PS3 with MGS 4 and a dualshock controller) from $500 to $400. Of course, you might say that it's not the same as taking $100 off the price, which is true. But if you were going to buy $100 worth of groceries anyway, and you were, and you use the gift card to buy $100 worth of groceries, you've done it. So, in other words, it's kind of up to you whether you use this as a discount or an excuse to buy more games. Either way, though, it's a pretty hot deal.
edit: It's an online gift card, so no groceries.
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I was basing that on the non-backwards-compatible 40g version at $400 + a decent game (the non-existent "killer app" I mentioned before) and some sort of accessory to actually make it usable (there always seems to be one that they don't include). Maybe I'm just a very jaded old gamer :).
But the $100 incentives, not only on the PS3, but apparently upcoming for all Blu-Ray players is interesting. Apparently, even after decapitating HD-DVD, the uptake on the current crop of players hasn't been as swift as was hoped. Possibly a sign that the HD video market still isn't mature enough to make Blu-Ray a big selling point for the PS3...at least at the current price point of the players and discs ($35 for a video in 2008?...yeah, sure :banghead:....)
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